Last year Gartner, the high-standard research institute, painted a rather realistic scenario for blockchain. In one of its research papers, Gartner stated that its latest technology hype cycle puts blockchain beyond the peak of expectations and is currently sliding down towards the  trough of disillusionment stage. They estimated a 5-10 year timescale before it enters the plateau of productivity, or mainstream.

Neptune Networks Ltd. (Neptune) the fixed income network for disseminating real-time data, today announced the addition of NatWest Markets to its bond dealer community, making it the 29th participating bank to join the network.

The Neptune network provides a venue for investors to consume the highest-quality data, including bond axes/inventory, from their most trusted bank counterparts. This enables institutional investors to be more effective and targeted when looking to execute large sized orders in products such as corporate and emerging market bonds.

Ingenico Group, the global leader in seamless payments, is proud to announce its new partnership with high-street retail icon, M&S. Both companies will work together to implement a new payment service that will encompass all M&S customer touch points and digital channels, which are critical to supporting its sales and customer experience ambitions.

Visa is looking to cosy up to fintech firms through the launch of an online portal giving them "unprecedented" access to its technologies and network.

The international delivery expert ParcelHero has released a new industry study looking at the impact of America’s controversial Wayfair ruling one year on; and it’s found that the effect it has had on UK sellers has been exactly the opposite of what had been expected.

StrongSalt, a California-based startup, has raised $3 million in a seed financing round from Valley Capital Partners, the company announced on Thursday.

With the freshly raised funds, the company is planning to develop its encryption platform-as-a-service for developers and enterprises.

Belgium's KBC has added PayPal balances and transactional information to its mobile bank account aggregation app.

The number of card payments in the euro area have more than doubled in a decade as consumers increasingly dispense with the hassle of carrying notes and coins, according to the latest statistics from the European Central Bank.

TideiSun Group's Chairman Mr. Chen Ping, and CEO Ms. Robin Xie, were invited by the NASDAQ exchange in September to introduce the company's flagship platform iSunOne -- an asset management APP combining private chatting with global instant payment.

UnionBank of the Philippines' (UnionBank) globally-awarded API Marketplace is enabling fintechs to scale growth through co-creation and reaching a wider audience for their APIs. It is one of the largest in Asia with over 200 open APIs, and a regional network with connectivity to the ASEAN Financial Innovation Network (AFIN) and its API Exchange -- an initiative by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to create digital infrastructure that enables inclusive prosperity in the region.